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Back in December, there was a post regarding some illegal/unauthorized charges being made to the credit card of someone who had attended the USSC show in Atlantic City.
What was most bewildering, was that this credit card was only used to make one purchase, that being at the SignGold booth. This has been a source of frustration and confusion for both Artie and myself, as we are the ONLY people who had access to that paperwork, throughout the show.
Today, I got a phone call from a letterhead in the Philly area, who told me about an arrest made there.
It seems that someone who worked as a security guard at the Atlantic City Convention Center, has been charged with "Identity Theft". This person was, apparently, stealing personal information; everything from names and address' to credit card numbers, off of registration and pre-registration forms, at the Convention Center. One of the events at which this occured, was listed as the USSC show in early december.
I, and the rest of us at SignGold, hope this solves this mystery; but more importantly, I would advise everyone to double-check your credit card statements before blindly paying them. You may not have used the card to purchase anything at the show...but even using it to register, make a hotel, airline or rental car reservation, using it as a debit card in restaurants or gas stations...ANYTHING.
The bad guys in the world keep getting smarter and more brazen. Do whatever you have to and protect yourself.
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It was us who had our credit card info stolen. We found an article and here is the link.(http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic/013003FRAUD_J30.html)
I emailed her and she gave me the name and number of the investigators. They are Ed Reigal and Brian Haberkern 609-347-5766.
This lady kept records of the card numbers with names and what she bought with them. They have arrested her and they are waiting on a trial date. He said we may have to go up there and testify. He asked me to ask if anyone else has had false charges to call them. He said it was from the registration info that she got the card numbers and names. Fortunately she wrote my expiration number down wrong so there was only attempts. He had the book and was able to give me my name, address, phone and c/c number.
I hope no one get the impression we were accusing Sign Gold. I am sorry if they got that impression. Thanks for letting us know about this story.
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The thief didn't make a purchase at the gold booth that day, we did. But we were wondering how they got the number when that was the only place we used it that day. But come to find out it was when we registered weeks before and they had the info there that day and the security guard took it from the registration booth.
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There are credit cards such as MBNA Platinum Visa and MBNA Mastercard that have 24 hour, round the clock fraud protection with zero liability... maybe look into these also if you haven't already. (just a little input, hope this helps)..
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